John Gidding on decorating, Beijing and married life Special to the online edition of Windy City Times by Andrew Davis, Windy City Times2014-04-08 Turkish-born architect John Gidding has certainly led an intriguing life.
The 'Boxer' engine is so called because the movement of the engine's pistons resemble the movement of a boxer's fists in the horizontal plane. However, unlike the boxer's fists that both move in the same direction, half of the 'Boxer' engine's pistons move in the opposite direction.
Chevrolet Corvair engine. The Chevrolet Corvair engine is a flat-six boxer piston engine that was used in the 1960s Chevrolet Corvair automobile. It is a highly unusual engine for General Motors: It has overhead valves, air-cooled, uses a flat design, with aluminum heads (incorporating integral intake manifolds) and crankcase, with individual iron cylinder barrels.